Commentary: Are there Innocent People on Death Row?
“A North Carolina death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence on Tuesday was once held up by…
New Evidence of Prosecutorial Misconduct Resulted in Likely Wrongful Execution Willingham
By the Innocence Project The newly formed criminal justice journalism group, The Marshall Project, broke a story…
Eye on the Courts: The Pernicious Specter of Prosecutorial Misconduct
A ruling this last week in Orange County shows just how high the bar has been set…
Eye on the Courts: Can We Acknowledge the Wood Execution Was Botched?
In the hours that followed the execution of Joseph Wood, Governor Jan Brewer would issue a statement…
Eye on the Courts: Wrong Us, Shall We Not Revenge?
It was years ago I read about an individual who was put under anesthesia but was fully…
Eye on the Courts: Reality of Wood’s Execution Confirms Kozinski’s Critique of Lethal Injection
Two days after Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, in dissent, unloaded one of the most powerful, poignant, and…
Judge Kozinski Unloads Blistering Critique of Lethal Injection
On Monday, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Arizona’s request for a rehearing…
Eye on the Court: Death Penalty Creates Unequal Application Under the Law
Last week, a Federal District Court Judge would invalidate the death penalty in the case of a…
Federal Judge Tosses Out the Death Penalty as Unconstitutional
Federal Judge Cormac J. Carney wrote in a decision – that while limited – could have widespread…
Report to Committee on Elimination of Racial Disparities in US Criminal Justice System
Established in 1986, The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system by…
